April 1999. Mount Pleasant, a quiet town in New Hampshire, is shaken by the murder of Alaska Sanders, a young aspiring actress who is found brutally murdered on the shore of a lake. Deputy Gahalowood and his team quickly identify the main suspects. One ends up dead, the second confesses, and the case is closed.
Eleven years later, an anonymous letter will overturn everything. The famous author and amateur detective Marcus Goldman, an old friend of Gahalowood from the time of the iconic Harry Quebert Affair, will start unraveling the case from the beginning.
The deputy is determined to reopen the file and restore the truth, unraveling a story that holds many twists and surprises for everyone.

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